Cant-hook



(No Mode'l.)

J. M. ELLIS.

CANT HOOK. No. 601,093.A Patented Mar. 22,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. ELLIS, -OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

CANT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 601,093, dated March22, 1898.

' Application filed June l0, 1897. Serial No. 640,152. (No model.)

l as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cant-hooks for lumbermen; andthe object is to provide a simple, durable, and effective implement ofthis class, and is an improvement on that form of cant-hook for whichLetters Patent No. 573,844 were granted to me on the 22d day ofDecember, 1896.

To this end the novelty consistsin the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim. 4

In the accompanying drawings the same reference charactersindicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cant-hook. (Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3l is a transverse section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamp detachedfrom the handle-bar.

1 represents the usual handle-bar, and 2 represents a clamp detachablysecured to the handle 1 by a transverse bolt 3, which passes through theparallel ears 4 4/of said clamp and through a semicircular groove 5,formed transversely in the handle-bar.

6 represents a longitudinal plate provided with a longitudinal slot 7,which receives the rabbeted end 8 of the straight shank 9 of the hook10, fulcrumed on the bolt 12, xed in the outer ends of the parallelVears 4 4 of the clamp 2. By slacking up the bolt 3 the plate 6 may beadjusted longitudinally, and consequently the position of the hookregulated with reference to the handle-bar.

13 represents a spiral spring having one end fixed to the shank 9 of thehook and the other end fixed to a staple 14 on the handle.

It will be observed that the clamp 2 entirely encompasses the handle,andits integral crossbrace 15 forms an abutment or stop for the rabbetedend -8 of the shank of the hook to strike against when the end of theshank is not in engagement with the plate 6.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modiications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

lA cant-hook or dog, comprising the handle 1 provided with thetransverse groove 5, the clamp 2 secured on said handle by the bolt 3and provided with the parallel ears 4 4, the plate 6 adj ustably clampedbetween the clamp and the handle, and provided with the longitudinalslot 7 the hook 10, fulcrumed on the bolt 12 between said ears andprovided with the straight shank 9 and rabbeted end 8 engaging said slot7 and the spiral spring 13 connecting said hook and handle,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twolWitnesses.

JAMES M. ELLIS.

Witnesses:

L. F. WESTMAN, GfEo.v L. ELLIS.

